From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rapidio: apply RX/TX enable to active switch ports only
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:04:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120824140419.2b3a9623.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1345559035-25879-2-git-send-email-alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:23:55 -0400
Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com> wrote:
> Modify RIO enumeration to apply RX/TX enable operations only to active
> switch ports. This will leave inactive ports in condition consistent with
> their state.
It's unclear (to me) what the effects of this are. Does it fix some
user-visible malfunction? Or is it just some nice-to-have thing? Or
what?
> This patch is applicable to kernel versions starting from v2.6.35.
Is that a recommendation that such a backport be performed? If so,
please provide the reasoning.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-24 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-21 14:23 [PATCH] rapidio/tsi721: modify mport name assignment Alexandre Bounine
2012-08-21 14:23 ` [PATCH] rapidio: apply RX/TX enable to active switch ports only Alexandre Bounine
2012-08-24 21:04 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2012-08-27 13:01 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2012-08-24 21:02 ` [PATCH] rapidio/tsi721: modify mport name assignment Andrew Morton
2012-08-27 14:49 ` Bounine, Alexandre
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